13th Coastal Battery

The 13th Coastal Battery, RBCA is a unit of the BC Army, and is one of the dedicated coast defence missile batteries of the Royal Regiment of British Columbia Artillery. Although formally the single-battery unit is designated an active force formation, only A Troop is actually active force; B Troop is manned by members of the Militia.

Some ranks in Royal BC Artillery units are different from those in other Army units. Specifically, in in all units of the Royal Regiment of British Columbia Artillery a Private is called a Gunner (Gnr), a Lance Corporal is called a Lance Bombardier (L Bdr) and a Corporal is called a Bombardier (Bdr).

History
The 13th Coastal Battery was formed at Port Hardy in 1939 with a searchlight, a single Bofors QF 40 mm anti-aircraft gun and one QF 18-pounder field gun, which was replaced in 1942 with two QF 25-pounder field guns. A second searchlight was also added at that time. The battery was relegated to Militia status in 1946 and finally disbanded in 1949.

The unit was reformed at Ucluelet in 2006 with the Hsiung Feng II surface-to-surface missile on towed launchers.

Regimental Alliances

 * Australia Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery
 * Canada Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery
 * India Regiment of Artillery
 * New Zealand Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery
 * Rhodesia Royal Regiment of Rhodesian Artillery
 * South Africa South African Artillery Corps
 * United Kingdom Royal Regiment of Artillery